Tumut

New South Wales, Australia

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Tumut, town, southeastern New South Wales, Australia. It lies along the Tumut River, at the northern approach to the Australian Alps.

The river valley, explored in 1824 by Hamilton Hume and William Hovell, began to be settled four years later. The town was surveyed in 1848. Its name is derived from the Aboriginal word doomut (“river campsite”). Tumut was proclaimed a municipality in 1887.

It serves an agricultural district that produces livestock, tobacco, fodder, fruit, and vegetables. Forestry and related industries make a significant contribution to the local economy. There is also a facility that manufactures eucalyptus and tea-tree oil. Tumut lies along the Snowy Mountains Highway. Pop. (2006) urban centre, 5,925; (2011) urban centre, 6,086.

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